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Hi guys, Every year I do a bit of a spring clean on my hen house and do repairs and a couple of upgrades. Wondering if you do the same ? Wondering if you would like to pick up on ideas from other peoples hen houses ? I also have polystyrene shutters that clip into the windows for when it get...

:wee My husband and I just bought 12 barred rock babies. We are excited about having fresh eggs! We joined your group so we can get lots of tips on everything! Thanks for all your advice!

Hello! My name is Sierra! 1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I’m semi- new to chickens. I raised rhodies, silkies, Brahmas, and D’uccles in FFA in high school, both for eggs and shows (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I don’t have any chickens currently...

Please everyone, quarantine. So many getting busy buying and selling, and planning to buy and sell. A quick reminder to use common sense and quarantine, if you do not quarantine, you have only yourself to blame. One would think with all the talk of quarantining no one would need to be reminded...

Not positive age of the bantam minis but same age. Purchased with 80% chance they were hens. Light colored name is Loco and Black is Pete. Loco comb and wattle are growing, seems a little bigger.

Hello, I'm Sonya. We just received our babies last Tuesday and have been so excited to have them in our life. We have 11 Golden Comets (because our chicken math was way off) that are now a week old. We are first-timers so we are learning everything we can about keeping poultry for eggs. We...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are new to chickens! Want to learn about the process first, but aiming to add 2 chicks to our family this weekend (7/27) and later transition them to our outside coop (already here in our Eureka rental). (2) How many chickens do...

Ok, we got our chickens today! We have 7 pullets, all 6 weeks old. We have three “Americanas”, 2 Black Jersey Giants, and 2 Isa Browns. They are Lucy (Ricardo), Ethel (Mertz), Sally (Rodgers), Gladys (Kravitz), Millie (Helper), Tabitha (Stevens), and Endora. I absolutely adore them all! :love...

We started our backyard bird raising this spring with 3 chicks and 2 ducks! Here are some pictures when they were little. They have been raised together. They share a coop, the ducks area is in the bottom and the hens are upstairs with their nesting spots. We open range our birds and they love...

Or should I say my dear boyfriend is building a coop for "my" chickens . (*cough* as if an entire barn wasn't enough for me.) That being said, I'm curious to see others' coops for ideas. We're beginning construction this week.